Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-29

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Feaa co@pany has me slneAe
On Every PnytnG nnaaasrY
In and Aroama raesma.
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Ihe oyster incident Of Weduesds,
sas stu the topie Of the tswn yestef
asy. tee Solnt Of the Joke being scared,
sel.ed - freq1s1t telling Of she ssma.
thtnk l can give yoa an ideA Of
snas pas Sseel into the notion Of eoinQ
l1to tee oyster business said an in
amste friend Of the Coi0ael Yesterday
and % eontinnsd 70 relate the foIlsw.
ln9; fsa kBog the lad company re-
ssfveo some property On tie hill for the
etnolies at ths 6xsa riesof 8I1o per
%. Bone time AGO thsy gave notice
toas toex did not want II and steel went
q the oficer Of the land company and
sslo De wanted 9 certain los. General
manager Anderson toId him they we're
TOR sale, bat thai be (Steei) must not
expec, % get them 81 the pgice ct which
tneJ BAD been held reserved. Steel as
ssnsed and asked for the price. Ander
so1 said be would sslI the Iot Steel
wanted for t2E-). and ths latter very
promptly replied. Very eel, will take
IT, Make out the deed and will be 10
tomorrow and get ia
TzE DTYYKnxxCE OF a DAT.
The next day Steel vent e. be had
said. bet the deed had nos been made
out and Mr.. Anderson explained thai
be bad erred In holding the lot % Low.
"'Whas is 10 WORTH " enquired Steele
"'YOu can have is for S3Oc0,'" said
Andsrsoa.
:. 80 MAKE %. she deed" said Steele,
The deed was made out and q check
for the money vas laid down In ex-
change for Il. Steele Remaining, a. be
die 20: That IL the dearest $50 you
ever took in for this company, young
man."
Colonel Steele laughed when this story
vas repeated 10 him and said: "Yes,
told Anderson that his meth0d OF rails
ing prices after they bad been agreed
upon was not Business. | would have
been willing 20 admit that be had made
9 mistake In this IL be had not dene the
same thing before. l told him that
there would probably be
soNK TUz AFTKR A WHILE"
"Yoa had the oyster idea some time,
then1"
''Oh, yes. made arrangements while
East 80 90 into the business-studied
the business while there. an
bringing my oysters from the Ohesa-
peake because u 10 about on the same
isotheFmsl line With Puget Sound.
think they will propagate here. The
Long Island Sound oysters get too fat
here 70 propagate. / told Buckley be
fore vent Eass that had an interest
ing little plan OF my own which in
tended TO carry out apon my retaEn."
II suppose the company would not
teop 60 20 into the oyster business,
anyhow" said a bystandeF, laughing.
"If that is 90 1t is veil that they have
discovered q business that they would
not engage in" said the Colonel. 81
can't 90 into anything else that don't
ind them competing With ms II you
20 up on the line TO engage in the lum-
Der business you will hnd them there
ahead Of you. They have
ooRRALLED KvERYrHrNa
In which there is any money and their
immense capital enables them TO make
monopolies Of ell Of them by cKowdine
oat all Who attempt 10 compete. For
instance, they have the water aud light
supply. They have been holding the
water front for their o9n uses almost
exclusively. / was asked to go into the
wharf aud warehouse company recently
formed, bat I refused because OF the
chances OF being frozen out. The com
pany vas no sooner formed than We
hear from New York that The North
srn Pacific has made large aPpropFia-
tons for wheat elevators aud ware
ho1ses.' They will 20 int the business
Of handling wheat you can rest assured
and then what chance has an outside
s0ncern2 They have q company form
ed within themselves already ineorpo-
rated, / understand. to earrv on the
-four business here. They have not
opened out as yet and probably will net
until the markes Is such as 10 make 10
protitabls, bat, when they do, Il will be
DEATH TO THE OTHERS.
CAS- II said they are already in the lum-
Der business Nov you see what folly it
ia TO compete with the concerns carried
on With their facilities. They have re-
bates 10 shipping that We know nothing
Of, and capital that We can only estI
mate. Bot IL they dou't drive me ont OF
the oyster bnsines I won't say q word
and We will always have plenty TO eat"
aad the Colonel applied another match
10 his pipes and smiled IS though deter
mined not 20 allow the monopolists 70
distress him 20 death.
FUSION DoN'T KxTHUsE.
The air is full Of rumors about the
ticket that 10 and that is 10 be. Among
these Fumors are here aDd there asser-
lions that Judge ToVne vill decline the
MayoEalty. aad Jim Vane will have
none OF the Councilman hsnoFs from
the Third Ward. Neither Of these
could 10 traced home, however, and
both Of the men referred 70 refuse 20
express their intentions to inteFviswers.
Ali sorts OF talk IL iodulRed IN, and
very much dissatisfaction IL expressed
among the old line men of both parties.
They say that With the exception Of
two OF three men upon 10 the ticket is
particularly weak--the stress OF the
disappointment being With the Council
A meeting was held yesterday after
noon by q small number Of men TO dis
cuss the matter, bat no conclusion vas
Hca1uCds Aucac oCCAa ~ ~ w 6hsbNaA-
tiou TO put
STRAIGHT TICKET
In the feld-th, thorough pArtisans
preferriuR TO show their disgust by re-
naming passive and allowing things to
take their course. One of the M 81
pronounced ~ these said yesterday:
This IL 9 great opportunity for the
Uaion Labor Party. II they are wise
aud vill take advantage OF twill
dominate . ticket of which they are
eapabls-they will have nothing less
than . WalkoveF."
The man who said this is among the
highest in the csuneils Of the Repuoli-
can party. and be concluded with the
canton do nos use my name. IL
Soaid hurt me, OF course, to talk thus
in peblio, thoueh ! hsve been free TO
express these sentiments."
IL IL this feeling which seems 10 pre-
vail and which directs 80 much interest
towAsd ths move ents Of the Laoes
Party. The meeting 10 be held on
Saturday evening, at Whish the n0miu
asious will ns made, 10 nov called as .
convention OF meeting Of the industrial
classes"
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